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Spotlight Comics was an American comic publisher based in western Connecticut. It is best known for a short run of comic books based on licensed characters such as Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle that contained contributions from several major US comic book creators.〔(Spotlight Comics entry ), Grand Comics Database. Accessed June 9, 2015.〕 ==Company history== After beginning his career in collectible magazines such as the ''Comics Collector'' and ''Toy Values Monthly'',〔("End of an era: Comics Buyer’s Guide, 1971-2013" )〕 Richard "Rich" Maurizio and his then-significant other Kelley Jarvis wrote, drew, and published two issues of a comic entitled ''Samurai Squirrel: Master of the Sword'', under the publisher name Spotlight Comics starting in 1983. They also produced a comic containing reprints of the daily ''Stern Wheeler'' comic strip from ''The Hartford Times'', illustrated by Jim Aparo, and another comic, ''L. T. Caper, Agent for H.E.R.O. (the Higher Espionage Reinforcement Organization)'', written and drawn by Maurizio. Spotlight expanded into licensed character comics and acquired the rights to Mighty Mouse, Underdog, and other properties. The company ran into financial problems in 1988〔("Creators' rights: Creators Await Payment Troubles For Spotlight," ''The Comics Journal'' #122 (June 1988) )〕 and ceased operations in 1989.〔("Publishers: Spotlight Declares Bankruptcy," ''The Comics Journal'' #126 (January 1989) )〕 In the end, they only produced a total of 11 individual issues of their various titles. Notable writers and artists who contributed to the Spotlight titles included Curt Swan, Joe Gill, Win Mortimer, Frank Mclaughlin, Tom Moore, Gary Fields, Bill White, Ray Dirgo, Doug Cushman, Nate Butler, Jim Engel, John A. Wilcox, Milton Knight, Paul Chadwick, and Mike Tiefenbacher. The Spotlight Comics titles were all edited by Jim Main. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spotlight Comics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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